TWP 2010 Spring Newsletter

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Forests ForeveThe Newsleer of Trees, Water & Peopl

in this issueUNEP Sasakawa Prize..........1

Leer from the Board.........2

Internaonal Program .....3,6

Relief for Hai.....................3

Tribal Lands Program........4,5

Challenges in Honduras.......6

TWP in the Community.......7

Outdoor Learning................7

John McLean.......................8

New Faces at TWP...............8

TWP WINS UNEP SASAKAWA PRIZE

By Heather Herrell, Development Director

The United Naons Environment Programme (UNEP) has honored TrWater & People (TWP) with its highly regarded 2009-10 Sasakawa Prize. award is in recognion of our eorts to combat climate change by collaborawith local non-governmentalorganizaons (NGOs) todistribute fuel-ecient cookstoves in Central America andHai.

Stuart Conway, TWP Co-founder and InternaonalDirector, proudly acceptedthe UNEP Sasakawa Prizeon February 23, 2010 at thebeauful Bali InternaonalConvenon Center in Bali,Indonesia. The ceremony wasaended by dozens of keyEnvironment Ministers during

the 11th Special Session of theUNEP Governing Council. TWP shares the $200,000 Prize with Nuru Design. funding will support and expand our forest-saving, life-changing stove projand community tree nurseries in Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Hai

Each year, the UNEP Sasakawa Prize is presented to sustainable and replicagrassroots projects around the planet. The 2009-10 theme is Green Soluto Combat Climate Change. TWP was selected by a panel of four esteemjudges: 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and UN Messenger of Peace, ProfeWangari Maathai; 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry co-recipient, Professor MJ. Molina; former Minister of Environment, Japan and member of Japan

Parliament, Honorable Wakakao Hironaka; and UNEP Execuve Director andUnder-Secretary-General, Achim Steiner.

Combang climate change is not just up to governments: it starts at

grassroots level, as communies tap into the power of renewables and sustain

technologies. Through pioneering green ovens and sustainable lighng, Tr

Water & People and Nuru Design are changing the lives of thousands

schoolchildren, housewives and villagers across Lan America, Africa and In

This is the Green Economy of tomorrow, in acon today, stated Mr. SteiChairman of the Jury Panel.

Printed on recycled paper with vegetable-based ink

Professor Wangari Maathai and Mr. Take

Ogatu of the Nippon Foundaon present Stu

Conway with the UNEP Sasakawa Prize


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Trees, Water & People

Trees, Water & People Newsletter - Spring 2010

General Information

Dear Friends of TWP,

You are valued members of the Trees,Water & People (TWP) community.Building community-based soluonsis a keystone of our success; be it

installing solar heaters for Tribesacross the Great Plains, building fuel-ecient stoves in Central America,planng trees to protect watersheds,or providing stoves to Hai earthquake survivors.

An important aspect of communies is that they grow, evoand with a supporve foundaon, become sustainable. rst step in building success is simply being there. Desthe enormity of the challenges of poverty and environmedegradaon, TWP is present every day building, grow

learning, and being fully connected with the people ofcommunies.

TWP has been fortunate to receive internaonal recogniThese presgious awards highlight achievements and setstage to do more. The internaonal spotlight allows to broaden our reach, expand our community, and bumore sustainable organizaon.

Recognizing this unique opportunity to strengthen TrWater & People, we are doubling our eorts to expandbase of support. I urge you to connue supporng TW

the greatest extent you are able.

Thank you for being a member of our ever-expancommunity.

Jim VolpaTWP Vice President

BOARD OF DIRECTORSPresident - Jon BeckerVice President - Jim Volpa

Treasurer - Kevin ShawSecretary - Adele DinsmoreMembers - Jenny Bramhall, Gerry Conway Jr., Laura Davis,Patrick Flynn, Jeremy Foster, Kathy Cosgove Green, GarthRogers

STAFFStuart Conway - Internaonal DirectorRichard Fox - Naonal DirectorSebasan Africano - Deputy Internaonal DirectorClaudia Menendez - Internaonal Program Consultant

Liz Sunderland - Tribal Lands CoordinatorHeather Herrell - Development DirectorDiane Vella - Finance DirectorLacey Gaechter - Oce & Community Outreach CoordinatorAmanda Haggerty - Data & Mailings ManagerCarol Johnson - Major Donor ManagerMegan Maiolo - Social Markeng Coordinator

PROGRAM PARTNERSMarlyng Buitrago - PROLEA, NicaraguaArmando Hernandez - AAP, El SalvadorLeonel Jarqun - Guatemala

Ignacio Osorto - AHDESA, HondurasDemeter Russafov - AMURT, HaiHenry Red Cloud - Lakota Solar Enterprises, SDJohn Giordanengo - Wildlands Restoraon Volunteers, CO

CONSULTANTS AND INTERNSAprovecho Research CenterLauren Burton - Internaonal Development InternAlyssa Grant - Internaonal Development InternCorinne LaBella - Special Event & Outreach InternKari Lynch - Special Event & Outreach InternLindsey Middendorf - Internaonal Development InternChristy Proulz - Website InternAlyssa Tinkham - Tribal Development Intern

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responsibly to bring about real, sustainable change.

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Helping people and the planet

International Program

Expanding in El SalvadorClaudia Menendez, Internaonal Program Consultant

Our partner, Arboles y Agua para el Pueblo (AAP), isworking on the annual maintenance of 40,000 seedlings inheir nurseries in El Porvenir and Candelaria de la Frontera.hings were looking lush and green in early April andopes are high for a good rainy season that will help theseeedlings grow to maturity. AAP is working closely with the

Municipality of Candelaria de la Frontera to gain access toelp in the restoraon of El Caliche mountain. This is an

mportant watershed area that has been deforested overhe past decade, resulng in landslides that threaten nearby

esidents.his year, in addion to reforestaon acvies and building50 new Justa stoves, AAP will include soil conservaonraining for farmers. AAP is also planning to promote the usef dry-composng latrines to help reduce soil contaminaonrom tradional pit latrines. The prototype in El Porvenir isvailable for those interested in learning how the system

works. Each latrine costs $300 and TWP and AAP will beeeking funding to distribute this appropriate technology tomprove community health.

Notes From Nicaragua

ebasan Africano, Deputy Internaonal Director

rees, Water & Peoples (TWP) NGO partner in Nicaragua,ROLEA, is a solid example of the approach we take to

romote community-based development and sustainability.ince its incepon, PROLEA has produced more than 2

million seedlings through its three Forest ReplacementAssociaon (FRA) tree nurseries and has built and soldhousands of fuel-ecient cook stoves.

During our recent trip, we were fortunate to parcipate inn Earth Day Celebraon at Managuas Technical University,

where groups demonstrated sustainable technologies forse in Nicaragua. PROLEA was highlighng recent work itas done for the Nicaraguan Ministry of Energy and MinesMEM) in the development and validaon of several fuel-cient charcoal stoves for residenal use. This has beenhe forefront of their work over the past six months, and hastrengthened their bond with the MEM. With funds fromWPs Rio Tinto Prize, PROLEA plans to develop a Forestryraining & Research Center for biomass energy in La Pazentro, Nicaragua. This will highlight the successes theyave had over the past ten years working with TWP.

Relief for Haiti

Sebasan Africano, Deputy Internaonal Director

Upon landing in Santo Domingo, Claudia and I were by our Haian/Dominican project lead, Calito Ambo

our main contact since 2007 when Trees, Water & Pe(TWP) began building fuel-ecient Rocket stoves in Haibriefed us on the state of aairs since Januarys devasta7.0 earthquake, and how the 432 StoveTec Rocket stothat TWP donated early in the disaster have helped allevsuering in the Internally Displaced People (IDP) camResponse to the Rocket stoves has been very favorable,geng more into the country has proven to be challengThis has prompted TWP to connue developing our lproducon, while also imporng high-quality Stovecomponents to set a performance and durability thresho

Our plans in Hai include trips south and north of PorPrince to examine ceramics manufacturing for combuschambers, briquee manufacturing from organic waste, bamboo plantaons as a potenal sustainable fuel souWe also hope to develop an instuonal stove desigcook for the various community kitchens in the IDP cam

Trees, Water & Peoples approach connues to focusstrength in numbers joining NGOs already working stoves and biomass into a consorum that oers varquality designs and using carbon nance for nan

stability. The road will be long, but we have a strong teamthe ground with years of eld-based stove experience ffour connents. We are condent in our ability to creaprogram that will strengthen Haian families, communiand ecosystems for decades to come.

RocketstovetraininginHai


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Tribal Lands Program

Manufacturing

Henry Red Cloud, our Lakota partner on the Pine Ridge

Reservaon in South Dakota, and his company, LSE, havemoved into full-scale manufacturing of solar collector panels,

sed in LSEs residenal solar air heang systems. Henry andis crew of 6 local employees have produced more than 450olar panels, using a design developed by TWP and LSE, along

with ready-to-install solar heang system kits, for sale toother tribes. Most recently, they completed 178 systems forhipment to the Cheyenne River Reservaon.

Year of Growth forTribal Lands Program

By Liz Sunderland, Tribal Lands Coordinator

Trees, Water & Peoples (TWPs) Tribal Lands RenewableEnergy Program has realized exponenal growth in the pastear, more than doubling the number of solar heang systems

manufactured, graduang Solar Technicians from tribes inNorth and South Dakota, and vastly improving facilies athe Red Cloud Renewable Energy Center (RCREC). We areonnuing to explore new opportunies to help Nave

American communies reach higher levels of clean energy,weatherizaon, energy eciency, and green jobs.

Training

During the last year, TWP and Lakota Solar Enterprises (sta provided training to more than 150 tribal membincluding over 40 tribal representaves from the RoseSioux (SD), Spirit Lake (ND), Cheyenne River (SD), and OgSioux (Pine Ridge) Tribes who completed two-week traisessions in solar heang at RCREC. These newly cerSolar Technicians were then employed installing heasystems in their home communies or at LSE.


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Tribal Lands Program

Facilities

RCREC houses LSEs manufacturing and asseoperaons, demonstraons of small-scale renewable en

applicaons, and living quarters for vising trainees. Pthrough American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (smbill) funding, provided through the Department ofInteriors Oce of Indian Energy & Economic Develop(OIEED), we have been able to vastly improve these faciA new road, appropriately named Solar Warrior Rowas constructed leading from the highway to RCRECraised and graded gravel road makes RCREC signicmore accessible to delivery vehicles, trainees, and visthroughout the year. Inside RCREC, we are installing a conoor and radiant hot water heang system, also fundeOIEED. All of this work is being done by local Nave-owcontractors and/or local building trades students, provdesperately needed jobs and income.

RCREC is now powered by a 2 KW solar electric array, donby Namaste Solar and installed in July 2009. With a genegrant from the Harry Chapin Foundaon, a SkyStreamresidenal-scale wind turbine will be installed as part interacve workshop in spring 2010. Both these applicawill serve as live demonstraons and educaonal tootrainees and visitors, while providing clean electricitRCREC. Demonstraons of sustainability already availabRCREC include several models of solar heang systems, break and shade trees, a straw bale oce, greenhousea small bualo herd.

Lakota Past & PresentAdventure!

Explore the home of the Oglala Lakota Sioux on Pine RidgeReservaon in South Dakota, September 11-17, 2010. Work

on renewable energy projects with local tribal members anddiscover for yourself the new energy and hope that is risingin Indian Country. Parcipants will camp or stay in a dormat the Red Cloud Renewable Energy Center. We will visithistorical sites, learn about Lakota history and culture fromtribal elders, and help plant trees and build solar heangsystems with the local families. For more informaon, contactour Tribal Lands Program Coordinator, Liz Sunderland.


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International Program

Challenges in Honduras

Claudia Menendez, Internaonal Program Consultant

n Tegucigalpa, people are concerned that if this rainy seasonsnt consistent, 2010 will be a nightmare of water shortages.

While people are praying for rain, there is also fear of theropical storms that accompany the rainy season. Cizensre being told to prepare for a possible tumultuous winter.

This warning leads us to reect on Trees, Water & PeoplesTWP) work with Honduran partner, AHDESA. The average0% rewood savings of our fuel-ecient stoves keep treestanding longer, which is crical to prevent further soilrosion and reduce atmospheric carbon. With the new stoveactory, AHDESA has built stoves for the European Union,

Rotary Club, and GTZ for a total of3,419 fuel-ecient stovesn the rst quarter of 2010. AHDESA has also trained 156ommunity leaders and cered 15 technicians in Justatove building.

Although 2010 started o with a bang, there is evidence thatupporng funds will be limited this year due to the unstable

polical situaon in Honduras. However AHDESAs Director,gancio Osorto Nuez, is condent that their reputaon andrack record will open up doors to win contracts and build

more stoves in the future.

Taking Root in Guatemala

Claudia Menendez, Internaonal Program Consultant

The trip to Tiquisate was a great opportunity to witness theight years of work by Trees, Water & People - buildingJustatoves and providing fruit trees for many families. Mostmpressive are the talented stove builders Sagrario Cardona,Crisna Navarrete, and Marco Antonio who will help build

80 new Justas and repair 75 exisng stoves this year. Weisited many households withJusta stoves between 2-6 years

old and heard great reviews by the women who love their

mproved stoves. Sagraio is proud of her work, knowing thathe has helped over a thousand families with the stoves sheas built with her own hands.

TWPs local tree nursery has two employees, Wilian PerezOrz and Byron Arana, who are working hard to prepare the

raed fruit and wood trees for this years planng. Visitorsan come to the nursery to pick up several trees for theiromes, free of charge. The 30,000 trees produced this year

will provide shade and nourishment to Guatemalan familieswho commit to caring for them.

2010 EcoTour a Great Success

Stuart Conway, Internaonal Director

Once again, we had an awesome trip vising with our Npartners Arboles y Agua para el Pueblo (AAP) in El Salva

and PROLEA in Nicaragua. Eleven Trees, Water & Pe(TWP) supporters, including returning EcoTour parcipEllen and Ellis Harris and Pam Grin, joined TWP NaDirector Richard Fox, Board member Jenny Bramhall, myself on the ten day adventure in February. Some ofhighlights included building fuel-ecient stoves with tfamilies in El Porvenir, El Salvador and planng more t100 trees with a local landowner close to our commutree nursery.

In Nicaragua, we visited a tree nursery in La Paz Centro,a sustainable tree plantaon, and toured the fascinacolonial cies ofLeon and Granada. While I did an intervfor the UNEP Sasakawa Prize, parcipants visited several women who use our EcoStoves to make torllasnacatamales (a popular local dish of pork or chicken corn). Upon their return, we had a barbecue with PROLsta and Board members at their oce in Managua.

Everyone agreed its a great way to experience TWprojects rst-hand and see how their donaons are maa real dierence in peoples lives in Central America. I hyou will join us next February in Guatemala!

Ellenplanngatreein

ElSalvador


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Helping people and the planet

TWP in the Community

Renewing the RockiesOne School at a Time

By Lacey Gaechter, Community Outreach Coordinator

What a great party Renew the Rockies - The AnsweBlowing in the Wind was for all the hippies-at-heart waended this March 6th fundraiser! For the tenth year row, guests enjoyed casino-style gambling, free Odell bexcing live and silent aucons, and live music and danfrom Ilan Shamir & Friends and Fort Collins Bale ofBand winner Futaba.

Thanks to the amazing support of our community, we wiable to contribute $4,000 toward a solar electric installaon Kinard Junior High School as part of our Renewa

on Schools iniave. This program is designed as botheducaonal and funconal tool, pung renewable ensystems on local schools. This March, our rst Renewaon Schools recipient, Bethke Elementary School, wentwith their 20kW array, doubling the amount of electrthey originally hoped to receive from the sun.

Many thanks to our generous top sponsors!99.9 The Point, Northern Colorado Business Report, CaldCreave Services, ReDirect Guide, Bohemian FoundaBella Energy, The Fort Collins Coloradoan, JAX Mercan

Company, Lyric Cinema Caf, Zero Hero, and HouAutomove Services Inc.

Whole Foods Community Giving


hank you to our local Fort Collins Whole FoodsMarket andll the its shoppers for supporng Trees, Water & People

TWP) this Earth Day! On April2nd, ve percent of localWhole Foods sales went toupporng our TWPs Tribalnd Internaonal programs.hanks to everyone whoelped us raise a total of4,530 and to Whole Foods forponsoring this Community

Giving Day!

Bringing Learning Outdoors


rees, Water & People (TWP) is thrilled to announce the

ompleon of our fourth outdoor classroom, the OutdoorWildlife & Learning Site (OWLS) at Lopez Elementary School!

his restoraon will allow Lopez Elementary School studentsnd members of the surrounding neighborhood to take

earning outside. One year ago, the site was largely unusednd its former amphitheatre had broken wooden bencheshat had long ago roed. With help from our communityolunteers, Poudre School District, Lopez Elementarychool, REI, and Larimer County, TWP installed ten durableutdoor benches, planted new trees, removed invasiveussian Olive trees and trash, and installed educaonal

igns. The new steel benches will last for many years, therees will provide a nicer environment as well as shade forhe outdoor classroom, and our ecological signs will makehe OWLS a fantasc site for environmental educaon.

BillandGailmariewishingeveryonepeace,love&renewableenergyat2010RenewtheRockies


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John McLean: Leaving a Legacy

By Carol Johnson, Major Donor Manager

orn in New York City with a denst father and a dental

ygienist mother, John McLean was

inspired to aendental school at Columbia. While driving through Colorado,e decided to make his new home in Fort Collins. He knewot a soul but bravely proceeded to the bank asking for a

oan to start his solo pracce as an orthodonst.

ohn operated a busy and successful orthodonst pracce.When people needed orthodoncs and could not aord it,

e would oer a reduced rate or perform the work for free.He would even hand people $100 if they needed it! Karen

odgers, his oce manager for 27 years, shared that Johnlways wanted to help people.

While women loved John for his charisma, humor and funoving personality, he chose never to marry. A man of manynterests, he loved music and the theatre. While reading andonnuing educaon fascinated him, he did not hesitate tolimb all the Colorado 14ers, and pursue traveling, dancing,nd hiking.

A fun loving prankster, John loved to throw pares forhildren, parcularly at Halloween. One me he rented annre pizza shop for the evening for his paents and their

amilies. John had costumes that he would wear to thece to liven things up. He enjoyed donning his Easterunny ouit and chewing on a bunch of fresh carrots whileising dierent businesses in town.

ohn passed away peacefully in his sleep on February 10,008 at age 68. He chose to give a percentage of his estate torees, Water & People because of his concern for the future,arcularly the environment. John McLeans generosity willenet both people and the planet for many years to come.

New Faces at TWP

By Heather Herrell, Development Director

Before joining Trees, Water & People (TWP) as De

Internaonal Directorin October 2009, Sebasan Africworked with us in 2005 as an intern for our fuel-ecient sprogram in Honduras. Trained as a Rocket stove consuby the Aprovecho Research Center, he has suppoimproved stove projects in ve Central American countSebasans extensive internaonal development experieis a valuable asset to TWPs internaonal programs.

In October 2009, Claudia Menendez joined TWP asInternaonal Program Consultant. She has yearsexperience living and working in Honduras, El SalvaNicaragua, and Cuba to implement ecological programs

improve communies management of natural resourceTWP, Claudia contributes to our internaonal reforestaand community tree nursery projects.

Megan Maiolo started working with TWP througPR/Markeng internship in the summer of 2009. December, she joined our sta as the new Social MarkeCoordinator. Megan is responsible for managing TWPs and presence on social networking sites, such as Faceband Twier. Now its easy for our supporters to stay udate on all the excing things happening at TWP.

This April, Carol Johnson joined TWP as our new MDonor Manager. Carol will be focusing on major doand deferred giving through wills, trusts, life insurapolicies, and rerement plans. She has served on numeboards and commissions for Golden and Loveland, Coloincluding both city councils. As a successful former esplanning lawyer, Carol will ulize her experse to brelaonships with TWPs major donors, increasing supfor our mission and programs.

Create Your Legacy with TWP

n your estate plan, name TWP:

As a beneciary of your insurance policy, rerementplan, or a bank or stock account Payable on Death.

In your will with a certain dollar amount, a parcel ofreal estate, stocks, bonds, or other assets, or with aspecic percentage of your estate.

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